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Carbon taxes, emissions trading and electricity prices: making sense of the scare campaigns

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageLabor has promised half of Australia's electricity will come from renewables in 2030. Wind turbine image from www.shutterstock.com

Yet again, electricity prices are set to be a key point of contention in an Australian federal election.

The Coalition responded quickly to Labor’s election commitment to an emissions trading scheme (ETS), with...

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